FPING6(8)

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version 5.1 · 2 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💅 FPING6 — the manual page, bestie edition

okay so real talk, this is fping6, section 8 of the manual (that's the sysadmin-y one, iykyk). it's a tiny little page but it has ✨lore✨ so let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

fping6 — backwards compatibility with fping below version 4.0 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fping6 [ options ] [ systems... ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so fping6 is literally a backwards-compatibility symbolic link to fping. that's it. that's the whole job. 💅

and why does this lil link exist? because it needs to be possible to write Smokeping remote configurations that work on systems running fping ≥ 4.0 and on systems running fping < 4.0. so it's giving "works everywhere, no drama, no cap." ✨

🚨 bestie listen. please do not use fping in scripts or configurations that don't actually need it for backwards-compatibility with older fping versions. it's not the moment. it's not the vibe. it will vanish as soon as it's no longer required in setups like the ones mentioned above. periodt. 💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • fping(8) — the main character, go read that one 🎀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this man page was written by Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. iconic behaviour honestly 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie!! filed under BACKWARDS-COMPATIBILITY, dated 2022-02-07, from the FPING6(8) girlies herself 🌈💖 go touch some packets, ily, bye!! 🧚✨

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